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Fewer Harvard faculty members identifying as liberal, although staff still strongly left-leaning: Survey

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October 12, 2025

Fewer Harvard faculty members identifying as liberal, although staff still strongly left-leaning: Survey

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A new survey from The Harvard Crimson found that the majority of Harvard University faculty in the arts and sciences department identify as liberal, although less so than in recent years.

“Roughly 63 percent of Harvard faculty who responded to The Crimson’s annual survey of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences [FAS] identify as liberal — continuing a steady decline in the percentage of survey respondents who say their political beliefs lean to the left,” The Harvard Crimson reported Wednesday.

The Crimson, a campus student newspaper, found that in 2025, about 29% of respondents said they were “very liberal,” and 34% said they were “somewhat liberal.”

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Harvard University’s faculty members in the arts and sciences continue to lean left. (Getty Images)

The number of “very liberal” faculty has grown since 2024, when 22% identified as “very liberal” and 48% as “somewhat liberal.” But the 63% figure was lower than the 70% who identified as liberal in 2024 and continued a recent trend. In 2023, more than 75% identified as liberal, and in 2022, more than 82% did.

In 2024, no faculty in the arts and sciences reported being “very conservative,” but in 2025, 1% of faculty in the arts and sciences said they were “very conservative.”

The survey, which was open from April 23 to May 12, was sent to over “1,400 faculty members, including both tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty, with names collected from the FAS’ public masthead. Faculty were asked about demographic information, politics, and campus issues,” receiving 406 responses.

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The survey was given to over 1,400 faculty members by the student newspaper. (iStock)

The.piece quoted a Harvard Crimson op-ed from government professor Harvey C. Mansfield, who said that the Ivy League should have more diversity of thought.

“Harvard needs conservative faculty to improve the quality of what is commonly heard and thought, to expand the range of its moral and political opinion, and to help restore demanding academic standards of grading,” Mansfield wrote in March. “All in all, to achieve nonpartisanship, Harvard first must achieve bipartisanship.”

The Harvard Crimson also asked professors if the school should try to hire more conservatives.

Only 8% said that they “strongly agree” that “Harvard should make a concerted effort to hire more conservative faculty,” 15% said they “somewhat agree,” 20% said they “neither agree nor disagree,” 23% said they “somewhat disagree,” and 34% said they “strongly disagree.”

In 2024, no faculty in Harvard’s arts and sciences reported being “very conservative,” but in 2025, 1% of faculty in the arts and sciences said they were “very conservative.” (Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to Harvard for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Rachel del Guidice is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to rachel.delguidice@fox.com.

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December 25, 2025

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Connecticut prepares for cold weather protocols as arctic air hits during holidays

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December 25, 2025

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Connecticut prepares for cold weather protocols as arctic air hits during holidays

MERIDEN, Conn. (WFSB) – Governor Ned Lamont activated Connecticut’s severe cold weather protocols as arctic air moves into the state during the holiday period.

The protocols were set to go into effect Christmas Day at 5 p.m. and remain active until Sunday, Dec. 28. Warming shelters were expected to be open statewide during this period. Residents were told to call 211 to find a shelter near them.

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Families brave cold for holiday traditions

Despite the frigid temperatures, families continued holiday traditions at locations like Hubbard Park in Meriden, where visitors bundled up to see the Festival of Silver Lights.

“It’s a yearly thing we do every single year. We’re from the town and we’re local. It’s nice to be out here and see the lights,” said Erwin Ndwiga of Meriden.

His family member Melissa Ndwiga shared her cold weather strategy: “If I’m going to wear a short sleeve shirt, I always wear thermal wear under. A jacket. I usually have three to four layers on. Hat, earmuffs, gloves.”

Safety recommendations during cold snap

State officials recommend several precautions during the freezing stretch:

Check heating devices to ensure they work properly.
Limit pets’ time outdoors.
Check on elderly neighbors and family members, who are most vulnerable during extreme cold.
Do not use a stove or oven to heat your home due to potential gas, carbon monoxide, and fire hazards.
Check your vehicle before traveling: tires, lights, brakes, and windshield wipers.
Keep your gas tank at least half full and carry an emergency kit.

Residents can find a nearby warming shelter by calling 211 or clicking HERE.

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Our favorite photos from across Maine in 2025

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December 25, 2025

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Our favorite photos from across Maine in 2025

Over the past year, Bangor Daily News photographers and reporters took hundreds of photos that captured the myriad of people and places that defined Maine.

These highlights are just a small slice of the many lives and experiences the BDN documented in 2025.

January

Jody and Cherie Mackin, who were homeless for three years, got an apartment in January. After moving into their home, the Mackins started volunteering at the warming shelter at the Mansion Church to give back to the community that helped them find their way out of homelessness. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN

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February

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, speaks on the floor of the Maine House of Representatives at the State House in Augusta on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Libby was a significant figure as Maine battled Trump administration directives to restrict transgender girls from participating on the school team that aligns with their gender, among other policies recognizing transgender people under state law. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN

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March

Caribou captain Madelynn Deprey celebrates toward the crowd after an emotional overtime win in the Class B state basketball championship game on March 1, 2025, at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. Credit: Emilyn Smith / BDN

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U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Diane Dunn, the adjutant general of the Maine National Guard, answers a reporter’s questions in her office at the Maine National Guard headquarters at Camp Chamberlain in Augusta on March 31, 2025. She was one source that the BDN talked to in an investigation into the culture that allowed sexual assault and harassment in the organization to go unchecked. Credit: Sawyer Loftus / BDN

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April

Rebecca Nicolino Parsons and her service dog Otis are photographed on the footbridge in Bangor in April. The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled that there are “reasonable grounds to believe that unlawful discrimination occurred” at Hellas Condominiums by Old Town, Maine, against Rebecca Parsons. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN

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May

More than 300 cattle moved through Jeff Tilton’s auction barn in Corinth on May 10 for the annual spring sale, one of the only places Maine farmers can consistently buy and sell livestock. It takes roughly two weeks to line up trucking, buyers, sellers, vaccinations, ear tags and pens, plus sorting, separating and weighing the animals when they arrive. Credit: Elizabeth Walztoni / BDN

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June

A Sargent truck was the first to travel the new I-395/Route 9 connector following a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opening. The new connector was a point of controversy, especially for residents of Brewer, Holden and Eddington who had their land affected by the construction of the new highway. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN

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July

The entrance to the Mic Mac Cove Family Campground in Union is sandwiched between a variety store and the public elementary school Sunshine Stewart attended as a child. Stewart’s killing in early July rocked the small town of Tenants Harbor. Credit: Elizabeth Walztoni / BDN

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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy poses for a portrait on the University of Maine’s Mall in Orono, July 21, 2025. The university system faced a number of challenges over the past year due to funding cuts implemented by the Trump administration. Credit: Sawyer Loftus / BDN

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August

Kristina Ryberg, 62, and Donald Jewett, 71, can’t afford their Bucksport property taxes this year after a hike that local officials have mostly attributed to using up the stored funds that offset the closure of the town’s paper mill a decade ago. “We’re about to lose what we worked so hard for just because we lost the mill and haven’t adjusted to that,” Jewett told town councilors in August. Credit: Elizabeth Walztoni / BDN

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September

On March 16, 2024, a Maine state trooper repeatedly punched Justin Savage in the face while he lay restrained in the driveway of his Limerick home, leaving him almost unrecognizable. The beating, captured on video, depicts a use of force that policing experts say is rarely justified. The Maine State Police thought differently. Credit: Courtesy Garrick Hoffman

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Cooper Flagg signs sports cards for kids before the 2025 Maine Sports Hall of Fame at the Gracie Theater on Sunday. Flagg’s mother Kelly Bowman Flagg was one of the inductees for her time as a player and coach at Nokomis High School, where NBA rookie Cooper Flagg would start his soaring basketball career. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN

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October

Dorie Henning, a nurse practitioner at the Islesboro Health Center, has seen an increase in tick-borne diseases — and fears about them — in her 11 years working on the island. Islesboro had a higher rate of these illnesses than any other Maine town between 2018 and 2022, according to state data. Credit: Elizabeth Walztoni / BDN

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November

Bangor’s new councilors from left Susan Faloon, Daniel Carson and Angela Walker are sworn in to the City Council on Nov. 10 at City Hall. Walker, who has a criminal record, drew criticism from right-wing media after she won a seat in the crowded 2025 Bangor City Council election. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN

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December

Alex Emery moves his belongings out of the encampment near Penobscot Plaza in Bangor where he was living when a cleanup crew from the railroad company CSX arrived early on the morning of Dec. 22 with construction machinery to clean up tents, trash and other remnants of the encampment. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN

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